1953 Postcard Of Culver Cliff, Isle Of Wight

A postcard from 1953 with a King George VI 2d brown stamp (even thought Elizabeth II was then on the throne). The picture shows Battery Gardens and Culver Cliff, Sandown on the Isle Of Wight.

Freshwater Bay, Isle of Wight 1970s Postcard

This postcard of Freshwater Bay on the Isle of Wight is from the 1970s.

Freshwater Bay is a small cove on the south coast of the Island.

North Street, Brighstone, Isle of Wight Thatched Cottages

This is North Street, Brighstone on the Isle of Wight. The postcard is from the 1970s.

Brighstone is popular to tourists for its thatched cottages, as per the photo, and the local shops. There are several large events each year hosted in the village that include the Brighstone Show, Art exhibitions and the Brighstone Christmas Tree Festival.

1970s Postcard Of Sandown Isle of Wight

This is how Sandown on the Isle of Wight looked in the 1970s.

The town has hosted a few 'names' from the past including Lewis Carroll who spent long holidays here and it was where he met Gertrude Chataway who inspired The Hunting of the Snark.

Charles Darwin started the abstract which became the Origin of Species at the King's Head Hotel (now Bar) in Sandown in mid-July 1858. He moved on to Shanklin's Norfolk House Hotel.